Description

Extracts a US formatted address from the input.  This function both parses and finds addresses.

Syntax

target.strlib.GetAddress input, city, state, zip, address1, address2

city (output) - City
state (output) - State
zip (output) - US formatted ZIP Code
address1 (optional, output) - address line 1
address2 (optional, output) - address line 2

Return value

true/false Boolean - was an address found?

Sample

          '---------- Start ----------
      Function Start
      Dim str, city, state, zip, address
        
        str = "The conference will be held at 742 Willow Drive, Pensauken North Carolina, 55381"
          target.strlib.GetAddress str, city, state, zip, address
          trg.Message( city&"|"&state&"|"&zip&"|"&address )
        
      end function

          In this case GetAddress will parse the input string, str, and extract the city, state, zip, and address and display them.

See also

Platform Objects and Methods

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